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 Post subject: 2007-09-23 Service Dogs for diabetics
 New post Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:00 pm 
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On the first night home with her new dog, Sara Outler awoke to an urgent face-licking.
It wasn't time to get up yet. But Tahiti, a 21/2-year-old black lab, knew something her owner didn't: Outler, who has type 1 diabetes, was suffering from dangerously low blood sugar.
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Even in the middle of the night, she will abandon her snoozing to warn of the smell -- "it's like bacon to people," Outler said -- persistently licking her owner's face or, failing that, jumping onto the bed to awaken her.

Three months later, Outler and Tahiti remain paired on a trial basis. The dog sleeps in Outler's bedroom and accompanies her everywhere she goes, including the store and to Mervyn's headquarters, where Outler manages the color office.

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